University of Texas Astronomer Helps NASA Planet Hunter Find Its First Earth-Sized, Habitable-Zone World
January 07, 2020
January 07, 2020
FORT DAVIS, Texas, Jan. 7 -- The University of Texas at Austin's McDonald Observatory issued the following news release:
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. A team of scientists, including Andrew Vanderburg of The University of Texas at Austin, confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, usi . . .
NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) has discovered its first Earth-size planet in its star's habitable zone, the range of distances where conditions may be just right to allow the presence of liquid water on the surface. A team of scientists, including Andrew Vanderburg of The University of Texas at Austin, confirmed the find, called TOI 700 d, usi . . .